Climbing this Monday was fun…I had been feeling a bit disconnected and still was on Monday but I went anyway in hopes of just following through. I got there a bit late and my friends were already climbing but had just started. Pal walked me through setting up the anchor and how to setup the auto-block which we would use for the rappel.
Inventory
– One big sling with a locking biner
– One cord w/
– ATC w/ biner
The big sling is then girth hitched through the top and bottom loops of your harness
The biner from the big sling is then clipped through the lower off and locked
Once secured you undo your rope and then feed both sides of the rope through the ATC and then affix that to your biner. Clip this to your belay loop.
Take the cord (which should be a loop and one biner on the end) and girth hitch it to your belay loop.
To set the auto-block wrap the cord around the rope (wrapping down) and then clip the biner to your harness. Lock it.
At this point everything is set up. Double-check everything.
When you are ready lock the rappel off by puling the rope down or keeping a locked out arm
Undo the biner that is locked to the lower off.
At this point you are on your setup.
You make have to fiddle with the auto-block to actually go anywhere, but you will get the hang of it! It really does work great.
Routes Climbed:
Lead
5.8
5.9-
5.10a
Top Rope
5.10d
5.10c